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QUOTE (shysocks @ Jun 12, 2015 -> 09:50 AM) Friday July 3 is a company holiday for me but I'm thinking of taking the 2nd off too. Approved. I'm going to be taking the 6th off (3rd is a company holiday). Rowand and Southsider can work for us on Friday & Monday, respectively, for being jerks who don't want to grant us our time off.

Big game for US tonight against Sweden.

QUOTE (buhbuhburrrrlz @ Jun 12, 2015 -> 04:03 AM) Chicago Bulls coach Fred Hoiberg is pursuing San Antonio Spurs assistant Jim Boylen to be his top assistant coach, league sources told Yahoo Sports. http://sports.yahoo.com/news/sources--bull...-013405910.html I like this move. #2 assistant in San Antonio, worked previously with Vogel (who is really good too). I like this. Bulls supposedly willing to let him be the associate head coach.

QUOTE (chitownsportsfan @ Jun 12, 2015 -> 12:15 AM) I don't hate RV at all. In fact, if I met RV I would shake his hand vigorously and say "you were one of my heroes and my pops loved you too; way to work back from that horrific injury you had". That said, dude is in the .0001% of dads that can take 3 days off work for graduation and nobody gives a f***. Lot of working class dads out there that would love to do the same. You don't know jack s*** about anyone here bro. Presume what you're gonna presume, but don't get it twisted many of us raising a ruckus here are about as far from "meatball" as it gets. Go ahead with your one liners tho, they go over great with the meatball crowd. You ever seen your pops cry because he has to work and he can't be with you? I certainly have. RV should wake up every day thanking his creator he gets to take 3 days off for his daughter's graduation. I've seen the tears in my working class father's eye when he had to go away from his family. You want to tell me, and others, about what it means to be working class and sacrifice everything and anything for your kids? Get real man. Every dad I know could take the weekend off to go attend their daughter's graduation. And if they worked weekends, then I still don't know a dad who couldn't take the time off to attend.

QUOTE (ptatc @ Jun 11, 2015 -> 03:54 PM) I think it has more to do with the experience. He is probably going to play for a little while so he sees what it's like and what the other ballplayers are like. Then he will transition out of the playing side and into a front office or scouting. I don't think he was actually on the baseball team. That is at least my understanding.

QUOTE (Feeky Magee @ Jun 11, 2015 -> 03:49 PM) Winning a dundy? And no, it's not a huge deal, I just don't get where the advantage is even for the kid. When I was a kid, I certainly wouldn't want it. I wouldn't want people going, oh well, he only got drafted because of his dad. I'd want people to say, man, he earned it (and if I didn't, oh well).

QUOTE (Doc Edwards Shot @ Jun 11, 2015 -> 02:29 PM) Here's one man's humble opinion: Only a lunatic detached from reality would have a problem with a father taking 3 days off of work to fly thousands of miles from one coast of the USA to the other for a big once-in-a-lifetime family event like a daughter's graduation. Fantastic post.

QUOTE (sin city sox fan @ Jun 10, 2015 -> 05:47 PM) To me, this just demonstrates Robin's lack of passion for the job. I have no problem with a parent attending his daughters graduation. However, any manager who really had a strong commitment to the position (and to the team) would minimize the time away. I doubt there is another manger in the league that would miss 3 games for this occasion. Almost all would miss one. Some would miss two. Missing an entire series just shows that our manager would rather have a vacation instead of working. That's a problem. As a parent, I couldn't imagine not being their for my child like a professional manager is during the course of the season. This is a huge moment for his daughter and I'd be more pissed if he blew her off in favor of the White Sox. Priorities and Robin thankfully has them in the right place.

QUOTE (GreenSox @ Jun 10, 2015 -> 02:38 PM) I like that Hickman pick. So far only one "son of and insider" pick. And no daughters. Not bad. Personally I hope they take more daughters. We are 1 for 1 taking daughters and potential HOFer's in the same draft. So if we can get a Buehrle everytime we take a daugther affiliated with the franchise, I am okay with that

QUOTE (IowaSoxFan @ Jun 10, 2015 -> 12:20 PM) If you get Martinez, you really need to sign 3 or four of the guys to make it worth while. Add a guy like Randy Arozarena who BA says has a similar profile to Ian Happ. Add in a guy like Andy Ibanez and another SP like Vladimir Gutierrez and it is basically like adding four first round draft picks to the class. It will cost some of the higher end 16 years olds the next couple seasons, but you still get your entire pool to use, you just have to break it down into smaller chunks. I think Tim Anderson is a pretty high end offensive talent. The only one, but high-end nonetheless. Guy can hit.

QUOTE (Buehrle>Wood @ Jun 10, 2015 -> 09:48 AM) 13. Tyler Sullivan, CF, Pacific, Sr. Not drafted last year, not a ba top 500 guy. .857 ops last year His brother is pretty good. Shortstop and preseason all american in their conference.

QUOTE (flavum @ Jun 10, 2015 -> 09:32 AM) Just read on twitter, Anderson hurt himself rounding 2nd base and had to crawl back to the bag. Left game, but walked off on his own. https://twitter.com/JustinRocke/status/608673338483945472 Please be okay. He is our one position prospect that I have full faith in his ability to be a dynamic hitter.

QUOTE (whitesoxfan99 @ Jun 9, 2015 -> 08:56 PM) I'm a numbers guy but I don't believe for a second this Warriors team is the best team since the 95-96 Bulls. LeBron to me is the 2nd best player I've seen and winning or losing this series doesn't change that. But I've also been consistent in that position and I've defended him more than most on this board. I don't think there is really much argument that MJ and LeBron aren't top 2 of all time though. Great post and I agree with everything you just said. I do think that if the Cavs win, it would be what I call the greatest "put my team on the back" moment that I have ever seen.

QUOTE (Buehrle>Wood @ Jun 9, 2015 -> 03:55 PM) Too bad the 5% rule publishes those with already small draft pools even further. I imagine the Astros for example can play with like 500k more than us when that rule comes into effect. Yep. At least we had a relatively high 1st round pick, which helps, but that lack of 2nd / 3rd round picks really gives us far less wiggle room then we otherwise would have had. I still get annoyed we haven't been aggressive in getting those competitive balance picks.

QUOTE (raBBit @ Jun 9, 2015 -> 03:37 PM) Unfortunately it seems like Fulmer is one of the only guys in the top 10 rumored to get slot. Him pitching in the CWS only complicates things. As far as picks 4-10 I would guess the following. 4.) Erwin - under 5.) Stephens - even 6.) Zangari - even/over 7.) Hickman - even/over 8.) Shroeder - even 9.) Hinchley - 10k 10.) Glines - 10k I am not going to be holding my breath over a higher end HS talent tomorrow but it would be nice. I love that Glines pick. He has some Adam Eaton to him. Remember, even if Fulmer goes at slot, with our draft pool we get the 5% to play with plus whatever we saved from the two 10K's + Erwin. That is enough to be able to give a few guys a couple hundred K or one guy half a mill. Not saying it will work but I'm sure there are some top few round guys that will end up taking that. It all comes down to the relationships our scouts have with the various guys to see who they think are worth the gamble.

QUOTE (raBBit @ Jun 9, 2015 -> 03:26 PM) I agree, if you're going to throw s***, make sure it has power. He tore up the the Cape Cod League. Very SSS but he was better in the CCL than he was in the B1G. That's with wood bats and top flight talent. This guys stats are good enough where I immediately thought of Feeky when his name was announced. Seems like someone the A's would draft. He's got crazy BABIPs with only slight above speed but he has kept it up over 4+ adequate-ish data sets. I am trying not to get too excited but to CF range with a crazy strong track record at plate out of a senior sign is a really nice value. At the least, he beats the piss out of Louis Lecich who would be 2014 draft equivalent. Again, some of these picks should give the Sox some cash to play with in these next few rounds (or if need be, with Carson, although I'd think he'd end up signing for close to slightly above slot). Hopefully Sox history of pushing their pitching prospects encourages Carson to sign sooner so he can get to work on making the bigs sooner vs. later (since that is where the real payday is anyway).

http://www.mgoblue.com/sports/m-basebl/spe.../032715aae.html Another good article on our 10th round pick. Nicknamed Glinedrives.

Sick play from our 10th round pick, Jackson Glines, CF, here (reminscent of Jim Edmonds). In general, I like this pick. http://btn.com/2015/05/20/btnstandout-jack...e-diving-catch/

QUOTE (Dunt @ Jun 9, 2015 -> 03:19 PM) If they don't sign Fulmer, they lose his slot money and get the 9th pick next season Your right, had forgotten that. So basically, only way we could make the money work is if either the guy we draft gets hurt and thus taking the money makes more sense or our top pick gets hurt (that or we sign almost everyone we took underslot).

QUOTE (SoxPride18 @ Jun 9, 2015 -> 03:01 PM) Any chance Sox take Hooper or Sands over slot in round 10? Only chance we sign him is if we can't sign Fulmer (or Fulmer gets hurt during CWS and signs for less money then expected). I suppose as a hedge against that, its not a bad play, but I think their are other guys better suited to take that chance on (and we won't be the only team doing this so it isn't like we can draft all of the guys sitting their that had first few round grades on them).

Joe Demers is a name I like early tomorrow. I think he's the type of guy where you get top few round upside, who might actually be willing to sign for what we could squeeze in (using our allocation). I presume guys like Hopper / Molnar / Beck / Everly are out of the equation. I'd love Hopper...big projectable 6'7 lefty with a power arm but he's not going to get enough. He is UCLA bound (along with Molnar). Beck, with strong committ to Stanford and Everly w/Vandy. Demers is @ Washington which isn't near the baseball program / school as the others I am mentioning.

Cubs take the better senior sign out of Fullerton. Breaking ball guy, Titans closer.

Ryan Hinchley, LHP, University of Illinois (Chicago). 6'3, 205. Drafted as a reliever and struggled largely during his career. 7.09 ERA during 1st three seasons. This is a senior sign and Sox will save money hear. Has flashed plus velocity and has struggled with his control.

Indians selected Garza. We'll see him in their pen in a few years. They seem to have no concerns over guys sitting out with tommy john this draft.

Athletic switch hitter with arm strength, but has to work on his receiving skills. Can hit from both sides of the plate w/more power from right side of the plate. Callis liked the pick. I like the pick.